Alternate Side: A Novel

Alternate Side: A Novel

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER â€¢Â â€œCaptures the angst and anxiety of modern life with . . . astute observations about interactions between the haves and have-nots, and the realities of life among the long-married.â€â€”USA Today

A provocative novel thatÂ explores what it means to be a mother, a wife, and a woman at a moment of reckoning,Â from the #1Â New York Times bestselling author of Millerâ€™s ValleyÂ andÂ Still Life with Bread Crumbs.

Some days Nora Nolan thinks that she and her husband, Charlie, lead a charmed lifeâ€”except when thereâ€™s a crisis at work, a leak in the roof at home, or a problem with their twins at college. And why not? New York City was once Noraâ€™s dream destination, and her clannish dead-end block has become a safe harbor, a tranquil village amid the urban craziness. The owners watch one anotherâ€™s children grow up. They use the same handyman. They trade gossip and gripes, and they maneuver for the ultimate status symbol: a spot in the blockâ€™s small parking lot.

Then one morning, Nora returns from her run to discover that a terrible incident has shaken the neighborhood, and the enviable dead-end block turns into a potent symbol of a divided city. The fault lines begin to open: on the block, at Noraâ€™s job, and especially in her marriage.Â

Praise for Alternate Side

â€œ[Anna] Quindlenâ€™s quietly precise evaluation of intertwined lives evinces a keen understanding of and appreciation for universal human frailties.â€â€”Booklist (starred review)

â€œExquisitely rendered . . . [Quindlen] is one of our most astute chroniclers of modern life. . . . [Alternate Side] has an almost documentary feel, a verisimilitude thatâ€™s awfully hard to achieve.â€â€”The New York Times Book Review

â€œAn exceptional depiction of complex charactersâ€”particularly their weaknesses and uncertaintiesâ€”and the intricacies of close relationships . . . Quindlenâ€™s provocative novel is a New York City drama of fractured marriages and uncomfortable class distinctions.â€â€”Publishers Weekly
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780812996067
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2018-03-20
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780812996067

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780812996067
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2018-03-20
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812996067

Alternate Side: A Novel

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